The start of Northern Wales and Victorian Engineering brilliance

On Wednesday after leaving Ludlow we entered wales(again). There are no 'welcome to Wales' signs which I kind of expected on the main roads but at least our maps told us. We were heading for Llangollen which I can kind of pronounce now and this town on it's own is worth a stay of a few nights...we only had a few hours. Two features we were particularly looking for was the Steam Railway (of course!) and the famous Pontcyselite (I've typed that about three times and still think i have it wrong) Aqueduct built by Thomas Telford and opened in 1805. After a bit of getting lost we walked across the aqueduct. Michael again with no fear which terrified me alot and we saw canal boats traveling back and forth. Awesome!





Michael bought a book on Dragonology which has proved to be excellent value...he desperately wants to shop and spend money and is struggling to make
'good value' purchases so this is a good one for him
£3.99!!!

When then drove from there and arrived in spectacular Conwy. This is the most gorgeous walled town and showed itself off brilliantly in the quiet of a peaceful and yes warm (!) pre evening. Our hosts Mitch and Karen (names are are starting to blur) were there to greet us and show us through the house including -most importantly for Michael-how the TV works!!! The cottage is right up against the city walls and has views out over the harbour..I'm so pleased I chose the most expensive cottage in Conwy! (and it wasn't overly expensive..if I find how much i'll pop it up).

This is it in the early evening light. We seem to be having problems e mailing photos folks...so until we sort it...family you are going to have to look synthesis blog for now.